Everything has to go, including me

...thanks Keith. :)

I have been selling off all of my stuff recently. It is amazing how much you can actually live without. I am going to be living out of a backpack mostly for the next few months. It is going to be a huge change. I won't have my computer to watch TV shows on, I won't have my comfortable bed to relax in. I am not going to have a lot of what I have now, but I won't miss any of the stuff (well, maybe the bed). I will be missing the people though.

Not a lot of people from my family move away from their hometown, which I understand, because I like Dorr and Byron Center and Wayland. It is small and not much going on, but it really has a nice feel to it. It is very comfortable there and I know a lot of people there (or at least, I used to).

This past weekend, I met one of Lily's aunt's sister (I don't know what the actual relationship term is for that) and she has traveled all over the world. She has lived in Turkey, backpacked across Europe and is moving to Florence to go to Culinary school to pursue her passion. She was a great person to talk to right before we take off. She knew about ISIC, she knew about traveling around the world and she was still excited to do it. It was a good feeling.

Lily found a place for us to stay at in Tokyo while we are there. It will be essentially free, so that is going to be nice. He seemed kind of funny too, so hopefully it will be a good time.

I got a checkup at the Dr's this past week too. Doc jokingly said everything was healthy except my mind. :) My doc is a funny guy. He seemed kind of stunned at what I am doing though, but that's kind of the reaction I get from a lot of people.

The only big thing left is getting the visa's back, which should be before the end of the week!

Hitting up Chicago before we take off too. Going to go see Wicked, which we were going to see in New York, but it was going to cost 400$. A little too pricey for me. It is going to be a good time. A few friends are coming along too, to see us off.